Roberto M. Robledo: 'If I hit you, I'm not responsible'

Veteran reporter survives the three strikes rule

6:24 AM,
Feb. 28, 2014

Roberto M. Robledo

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Roberto M. Robledo
The Five R?s

In all my years as a community journalist I've felt threatened by physical harm only once, no, twice - OK, three times.

The third time came Thursday.

The first time came in the early 1980s during an election year in the Salinas Valley. A tight three-way race for a state Assembly seat quickly dropped to a two-way contest when I reported that one of the candidates had won the endorsement of the United Farm Workers. ...